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Down Down adjective 1. Downcast; as, a down look. [ R.]

2. Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.

3. Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.

Down draught , a downward draft, as in a flue, chimney, shaft of a mine, etc. -- Down in the mouth , chopfallen; dejected.

Down-share Down"-share` noun A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs. [ Eng.] Knight.

Down-wind Down"-wind` adverb With the wind.

Downbear Down"bear` transitive verb To bear down; to depress.

Downcast Down"cast` (doun"kȧst`) adjective Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.

'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes,
And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise.

Dryden.

-- Down"cast`ly , adverb -- Down"cast`ness , noun

Downcast Down"cast` noun 1. Downcast or melancholy look.

That downcast of thine eye.

Beau. & Fl.

2. (mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

Downcome Down"come` (-kŭm) noun 1. Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow. Milton.

2. (Iron Manuf.) A pipe for leading combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.

Downcomer Down"com`er noun A pipe to conduct something downwards; specif.: (a) (Iron Manuf.) A pipe for leading the hot gases from the top of a blast furnace downward to the regenerators, boilers, etc. (b) (Steam Engin.) In some water-tube boilers, a tube larger in diameter than the water tubes to conduct the water from each top drum to a bottom drum, thus completing the circulation.

Downfall Down"fall` (-fal`) noun 1. A sudden fall; a body of things falling.

Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid.

Holland.

Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour.

Dryden.

2. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin.

Dire were the consequences which would follow the downfall of so important a place.

Motley.

Downfallen Down"fall`en (-fal`'n) adjective Fallen; ruined. Carew.

Downfalling Down"fall`ing adjective Falling down.

Downgyved Down"gyved` adjective Hanging down like gyves or fetters. [ Poetic & Rare] Shak.

Downhaul Down"haul` noun (Nautical) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul ; a trysail downhaul .

Downhearted Down"heart`ed adjective Dejected; low-spirited.

Downhill Down"hill` adverb Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill .

Downhill Down"hill` adjective Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." Congrewe.

Downhill Down"hill` noun Declivity; descent; slope.

On th' icy downhills of this slippery life.

Du Bartas (Trans. ).

Downiness Down"i�ness noun The quality or state of being downy.

Downlooked Down"looked` adjective Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen. [ R.] Dryden.

Downlying Down"ly`ing noun The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. Cavendish.

At the downlying , at the travail in childbirth. [ Scot.]

Downpour Down"pour` noun A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.

Downright Down"right` adverb 1. Straight down; perpendicularly.

2. In plain terms; without ceremony.

We shall chide downright , if I longer stay.

Shak.

3. Without delay; at once; completely. [ Obsolete]

She fell downright into a fit.

Arbuthnot.

Downright Down"right` adjective 1. Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.

A man of plain, downright character.

Sir W. Scott.

2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.

The downright impossibilities charged upon it.

South.

Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity.

Prescott.

-- Down"right`ly , adverb -- Down"right`ness , noun

Downsitting Down"sit`ting noun The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.

Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising.

Ps. cxxxix. 2.

Downstairs Down"stairs adverb Down the stairs; to a lower floor. -- adjective Below stairs; as, a downstairs room.

Downsteepy Down"steep`y adjective Very steep. [ Obsolete] Florio.

Downstream Down"stream` adverb Down the stream; as, floating downstream .

Downstroke Down"stroke` noun (Penmanship) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.

Downthrow Down"throw` noun (Geol.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw , noun

Downtrod, Downtrodden Down"trod`, Down"trod`den adjective Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. Shak.

Downward Down"ward adjective 1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.

With downward force
That drove the sand along he took his way.

Dryden.

2. Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.

3. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts. Sir P. Sidney.

Downward, Downwards Down"ward, Down"wards adverb [ Anglo-Saxon ad...nweard . See Down , adverb , and -ward .] 1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards . "Looking downwards ." Pope.

Their heads they downward bent.

Drayton.

2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.

And downward fell into a groveling swine.

Milton.

3. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.

A ring the county wears,
That downward hath descended in his house,
From son to son, some four or five descents.

Shak.

Downweed Down"weed` noun (Botany) Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium .

Downweigh Down`weigh" (-wā") transitive verb To weigh or press down.

A different sin downweighs them to the bottom.

Longfellow.

Downy Down"y (-ȳ) adjective 1. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs. "A downy feather." Shak.

Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon their leaves.

Bacon.

2. Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet. "A downy shower." Keble. " Downy pillow." Pope.

Time steals on with downy feet.

Young.

3. Cunning; wary. [ Slang, Eng.] Latham.

Dowral Dow"ral adjective Of or relating to a dower. [ R.]

Dowress Dow"ress noun A woman entitled to dower. Bouvier.

Dowry Dow"ry noun ; plural Dowries . [ Contr. from dowery ; confer Late Latin dotarium . See Dower .] 1. A gift; endowment. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

2. The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower . Shak. Dryden.

3. A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower .

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give . . .; but give me the damsel to wife.

Gen. xxxiv. 12.

Dowse Dowse transitive verb [ Confer 1st Douse .] 1. To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.

2. [ Confer OD. doesen to strike, Norw. dusa to break.] To beat or thrash. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Dowse Dowse intransitive verb To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.

Adams had the reputation of having dowsed successfully for more than a hundred wells.

Eng. Cyc.

Dowse Dowse noun A blow on the face. [ Low] Colman.

Dowser Dows"er noun 1. A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod. [ Colloq.]

2. One who uses the dowser or divining rod. Eng. Cyc.

Dowst Dowst noun A dowse. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl.

Dowve Dow"ve noun A dove. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Doxological Dox`o�log"ic�al adjective Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. Howell.

Doxologize Dox�ol"o�gize intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Doxologized ; present participle & verbal noun Doxologizing .] To give glory to God, as in a doxology; to praise God with doxologies.

Doxology Dox�ol"o�gy noun ; plural Doxologies . [ Late Latin doxologia , Greek ..., from ... praising, giving glory; ... opinion, estimation, glory, praise (from ... to think, imagine) + ... to speak: confer French doxologie . See Dogma , and Legend .] In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation.

David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies .

South.

Doxy Dox"y noun ; plural Doxies . [ See Duck a pet.] A loose wench; a disreputable sweetheart. Shak.

Doyen Doy`en" noun [ French See Dean .] Lit., a dean; the senior member of a body or group; as, the doyen of French physicians. "This doyen of newspapers." A. R. Colquhoun.

Doyly Doy"ly noun See Doily .

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